Table of Contents
SECTION 1 FUNDAMENTALS1. Bio-derived Carbon-based materials: An Introduction to synthesis, Properties and their applications
2. Bio-waste derived carbon as electrode materials for various applications
3. Cellulosic precursors: Porous properties of char and activated carbons
SECTION 2 ENERGY APPLICATIONS
4. Carbon based nanomaterials prepared from biowaste for photocatalytic sensors
5. Bio-derived carbon quantum dots for fluorescence sensors
6. Porous carbon synthesised from bio-waste for fuel cells Applications
7. Porous carbon synthesised from bio-waste for supercapacitor and energy storage applications
8. Porous carbon synthesised from bio-waste for battery applications
SECTION 3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSING
9. Biomass-Derived Carbonaceous Materials for Environmental Applications
10. Mesoporous carbon materials from biowaste for pollutant sensing and removal
11. Mesoporous and Macroporous carbons as electrode material for electrochemical sensing
SECTION 4 BIOMEDICAL SENSING
12. Non-Enzymatic Electrochemical Determination of Hormones Using Carbon nanomaterials
13. Bio-derived mesoporous carbon nanomaterials for Drug Delivery and imaging applications
14. Bio-waste derived carbon-based materials for electronic bio-sensing
SECTION 5 CHALLENGES AND FUTURE
15. Challenges and future of Bio-waste derived carbon materials
Authors
Sushma Dave Associate Professor, Department of Applied Sciences, JIET, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. Distinguished professor Dr Sushma Dave received Master of Science in 1993 and PhD in Analytical, Electrochemistry and Environmental Chemistry from Biosensor Lab in Chemistry Department of Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur in 1999. She has also completed her bachelors of Law in 2018.She is involved continuously in the field of higher education since 1999 teaching Pure, Applied Chemistry ,Electrochemistry, Biology Solid waste management, Waste water treatment and Environmental chemistry to students of Engineering and basic sciences . She also served as Research Associate in Soil Bio Chemistry and Microbiology Division CAZRI, Jodhpur. Currently she is working as an Associate Professor in Jodhpur Institute of Engineering & Technology, Mogra, Jodhpur Rajasthan India. She has published and presented over 50 papers in international and national journals, conferences and participated in various workshops and training programs. Her areas of interest are Electrochemistry, Biosensors Environmental science, Nanotechnology, Soil biochemistry and bio fertilizers.She has published a number of chapters with Elsevier and springer text books and currently working on a funded project in novel materials for environmental remediation, biosensor development. Jayashankar Das Director of Research, Valnizen Healthcare Pvt Ltd, India.Dr. Das received his PhD in biotechnology and served as a Scientist at the IBSD, DBT, Government of India. He is the Founder and CEO of Valnizen which deals with regulatory documents and healthcare compliances and support services to African and southeast Asian countries. He has served as a Joint Director of the Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, DST, and Joint Director to Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, DST, both from the Government of Gujarat. He has served as a Director of the Savli Technology and Business Incubator, DST, Government of Gujarat, India. He was actively involved in the development and implementation of various policies and action plans like biotechnology policy, innovation policy, interpole disaster management policy, start-up policy for many universities and governments. His research team is involved in addressing societal challenges via cutting-edge research, namely, the development of molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases, the development of universal vaccine candidate for emerging diseases, the development of miRNA-based targeted therapeutics, and artificial intelligence in healthcare applications.
Mika Sillanp�� Professor, University of Johannesburg., South Africa.Mika Sillanp��'s research work centers on chemical treatment in environmental engineering and environmental monitoring and analysis. The recent research focus has been on the resource recovery from waste streams.
Sillanp�� received his M.Sc. (Eng.) and D.Sc. (Eng.) degrees from the Aalto University where he also completed an MBA degree in 2013. Since 2000, he has been a full professor/adjunct professor at the University of Oulu, the University of Eastern Finland, the LUT University, the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Johannesburg.
